My article about Quezon’s colorful Pahiyas Festival, beautifully laid out on a spread, was recently published at Explore Philippines fifth issue. It was filed under their Jetsetter column which features travelers covering popular destinations within the country.

I was actually backpacking across Laos when I was contacted by the magazine’s editor-in-chief. It was no problem writing the piece. The difficulty though, lies with the accompanying photos, as all my high-resolution images are stored on my home computer. Thank goodness, my image bank was well organized and I was able to instruct my sister to fetch them for me with minimum fuss, lol.

Explore Philippines’s June-July issue, which has Jasmine Curtis-Smith posing in Bataan on the front cover, is still available on major bookstores nationwide. Or if you fly via Skyjet Airlines, you may even get a copy for free. ;)